State Board of Education

AUSTIN – Yet another group is questioning the integrity of Texas’ proposed social studies textbooks, this time casting doubt on their treatment of climate change. “The scientific debate over whether climate change is happening and who is responsible has been over for years, and the science textbooks Texas adopted last year make that clear,” said […]
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Despite insistence by Rep. Steve Toth and Sen. Dan Patrick that they’d pull down from the House agenda Senate Bill 1406, a bill that establishes oversight on the CSCOPE lesson plans, the bill passed to third reading Monday. Patrick’s office said he had been under the impression Toth would not push the bill forward after […]
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With no discussion, the Texas Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed the nominations of State Board of Education Chair Barbara Cargill, Secretary of State John Thomas Steen and others as recommended earlier this week. Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, chairs the Senate Nominations Committee and presented the resolution, which passed with a 23-0 vote. On Feb. 11, […]
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State Board of Education member David Bradley, R-Beaumont, was a little surprised to open an invitation today (Jan. 19) requesting his attendance at a candidate forum Saturday in San Antonio. The Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts invitation requested attendance confirmation from the candidates by Jan. 18 – one day before Bradley got […]
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One of the moderate Republican members of the State Board of Education announced today that he would not run for re-election next year. Bob Craig, R-Lubbock, said his combined 24 years of experience on the State Board of Education and on the Lubbock school board was long enough. “Now is the time for me to […]
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